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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. COOK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,123, dated December30, 1884.

Application filed June 6, 1884. (Model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. 0001;, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Ring-Handle, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved ring-handlewhich is Sllllple in construction and cannot turn on its spindle.

The invention consists in the combination,

with a screwspindle, of a cap spun on the head of the spindle, and anescntcheon-plate through which the bolt is passed, which escutcheon isprovided with a raised part fitting in the open end of the cap.

The invention also consists in flattening parts of the spindle, so thatthe escutcheon cannot turn on the same, the cscutcheon having acorresponding aperture.

reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a face view of my improved ringhandle. Fig. 2 isalongitudinal sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalview of the spindle. Fig. 4: is a face View of the escutcheon. Fig. 5 isa longitudinal sectional elevation of the cap on the end of the spindle.

A screw-spindle, A, is provided at one end with a flat head, B, which isplaced into a recess, a, formed in the closed end of a cap, 0, and thesides of the recess a are then spun down behind the head,whereby the capis held on the head or the end of the spindle, and cannot turn on thespindle or be withdrawn from the same. The ends of the open ring D aresnapped into opposite side apertures in the cap 0. An escutcheon-plate,E, is provided with an annular shoulder, d, the raised part surroundedby the shoulder being passed into the open end of the cap 0, thescrew-spindle A having been passed through the escutcheonplate, and thenthe spindle is passed through the drawer F, or other article on whichthe handle is to be held, and a nut, G, is screwed on the inner end ofthe spindle A and drawn up tightly, whereby the flange or back face ofthe escutcheon-plate is pressed against the face of the drawer.

To prevent the escntcheoirplate from turning on the spindle, I providethe spindle with one or more flattened parts, H, and the eseutcheon-plate is provided at or near its middie with a circularaperture, J, having opposite notches, K. The rounded part of the spindleA can easily be pushed through the circular aperture J, and theflattened part can pass through the notches K. If the flattened parts ofthe spindle are in the aperture in the escutcheon-plate, the said platecannot turn independently of the spindle. By forcing the spindle Athrough the opening in the drawer the side edges of the inner flattenedpart, H, are forced into the sides of the opening, thus preventing thespindle from turning. If the spindle is held so that it cannot turn, allthe parts will be held so that they cannot turn, as the front flattenedpart, H, prevents the escutcheon from turning on the spindle, and thecap C, being spun on the front end of the spindle, is also preventedfrom turning.

I am aware that a door-knob and its neck have been formed of a singlepiece of sheet 1netal,the said knob being secured to a flanged pom melby spinning its neck upon the poniinel, and I do not claim such as of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- In a handle, the combination, with a screw spindlehaving a head, of a cap having part of its closed end spun over the edgeof and resting against the said head, whereby an aunular bead or offsetis formed on the closed end of the cap, substantially as herein shownand described.

CHARLES A. COOK.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ,

G. SEDGWIOK.

